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graffito

[ gruh-fee-toh ]
/ grəˈfi toʊ /
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noun, plural graf·fi·ti [gruh-fee-tee] /grəˈfi ti/.

Archaeology. an ancient drawing or writing scratched on a wall or other surface.
a single example of graffiti.

RELATED WORDS

graffiti, cacography, hieroglyphics

Nearby words

graefe's operation, graefe's sign, graeffe method, graf, graffiti, graffito, graft, graft hybrid, graft-versus-host disease, graftage, grafting

Origin of graffito

see origin at graffiti

Usage note

See graffiti.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for graffito

  • The price of a wreath is given in a graffito as three asses (p. 497).

    Pompeii, Its Life and Art|August Mau

  • Each bore a stamp on the handle; the smaller had also a graffito on the rim of the bottom made by a succession of little dots.

    Roman Britain in 1914|F. Haverfield

  • For the wineshop in which the graffito was found, see Mau, Bull.

    Pompeii, Its Life and Art|August Mau